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CITY OF LOS ANGELES
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Ring Around San Pedro
Festival: Opera Films and Videos
The Warner Grand Theatre
will present a one-day festival of films and videos for
opera lovers of all ages.
Free Festival for Children
and Families, April 24, 2010, 11 am–1:30 pm
Free Films for Adult Opera Lovers, April 24, 2010, 7:30–11
pm
Info: www.culturela.org
or (310) 548-7672.
Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. 6th St., San Pedro, CA 90731
ACADEMY OF MOTION
PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES, GOETHE INSTITUT & LA COUNTY
MUSEUM OF ART (LACMA)
Die
Nibelungen 1, May 7, 2010, 7:30 pmKriemhilde’s
Revenge: Die Nibelungen 2, May 8, 2010,
7:30 pm
These three institutions
have come together to bring Fritz Lang’s 1924 classic
to the screen. The films star Paul Richter, Gertrud Arnold,
Margarethe Schon and Rudolph Klein-Rogge. Scripted by
Thea von Harbou, Die Nibelungen is one of the greatest
artistic and technical achievements of silent German cinema,
with a score by Gottfried Huppertz, conducted by Berndt
Heller.
Tickets: $10/film, Museum
Members & Seniors (62+)/Students (with valid ID) $7.
http://www.lacma.org
or (323) 857-6010.
LACMA, Bing Theater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles,
CA 90026
ACADEMY OF MOTION
PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES
Animation and Classical
Music, May 14, 2010, 7:30 pm
Michael Giaccchino, composer
of Ratatouille, Up, Star Trek and Lost, will be hosting
an evening of animated short subjects with soundtracks influenced
by Wagner. The Academy will be screening shorts such as
What’s Up Opera Doc?, The Band Concert, The Rabbit
of Seville, Musicland and more.
Info: (310) 247-2688
Ticket information: www.oscars.org
8949 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211
THE
OPERA LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES
Tony
Palmer–Wagner Film Festival
Tony
Palmer, the British film director, author, and composer
will present and introduce three of his films:
Parsifal-The
Search for the Grail, May 22, 2010, 11 am
This
film about the legend of Parsifal stars Plácido Domingo,
with music conducted by Valery Gergiev.
World
Premiere: The Wagner Family, May 22, 2010, 3:30
pm
The
director’s new film chronicles the ups and downs of
the Wagner family, their struggles with the Bayreuth Festival,
and the fights amongst themselves. A discussion of the film’s
explosive contents will follow. UCLA Theatre Professor Michael
Hackett will lead the discussion with Tony Palmer.
Wagner,
May 23, 2010, 11 am
The
monumental 1983 film starring Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave,
Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud. Sir
George Solti conducts. Palmer’s film was described
by the LA Times as “one of the most beautiful films
ever made.”
Tickets:
May 22, $25/movie, May 23, $50.
RSVP: www.operaleague.org
or (213) 972-7220
Those attending all three films receive priority seating
and a complimentary collector’s film program.
James
Bridges Theatre, UCLA, 1409 Melnitz Hall, Hilgard Ave.,
Los Angeles, CA 90095
CONVERSATIONS & SYMPOSIA
UNIVERSITY
OF LAVERNE
“Drama in Wagner’s Ring: Music Propels
the Action,” April 21, 2010, 7 pm
The final presentation in the University’s Ring-centered
Humanities Festival, Dr. Kathleen Lamkin discusses:
“Drama in the Ring: Music Propels the Action.”
1950 Third St., La Verne, CA 91750, (909) 593-3511,
www.ulv.edu
OCCIDENTAL
COLLEGE
“Wagner’s Ring: Historical, Artistic,
and Philosophical Perspectives,” May
4, 2010, 1–5:30 pm
An interdisciplinary symposium whose focus is the artistic,
cultural, historical, political and performative context
for Wagner’s monumental Ring cycle. Participants
include speakers from the Music, German, History, Art
History and Visual Arts departments. Themes addressed
in the symposium include the “intersection between
music, politics and prejudice” (Tommasini, NY
Times, 8/5/09) and music-analytic approaches to Wagner’s
musical language.
Info:
www.departments.oxy.edu/music/RingFestivalLA.htm
or (323) 259-2785.
Johnson Hall 200, 1600 Campus Rd., Los Angeles, CA,
90041
ROBERT
V. FULLERTON ART MUSEUM (California state University,
San Bernardino)
“Timeless Enchantment: Richard Wagner’s
Ring of the Nibelung in Performance, from Bayreuth in
1876 to LA in 2010,”
May 12, 2010, 5 pm
Part of a larger series investigating the various ways
the story and music of Wagner’s Ring has continued
to be used in music, visual arts, theatre, literature,
movies, comic books, etc., this lecture will focus on
the most historically and artistically important Ring
productions.
Info: museum.csusb.edu
or (909) 537-5000.
5500 University Pkwy., San Bernardino, CA 92407
LA
OPERA LIBRARY PROJECT:
Free Speaker Bureau Talks (listed alphabetically
by library)
The
Speakers Bureau, a joint program of the Opera League of
Los Angeles and LA Opera, is introducing groups throughout
the area to the world of opera. The Speakers Bureau is
bringing the magic of the Ring cycle to Los Angeles with
talks at public libraries across the region.
Beverly Hills Public Library
Free Talk: “The Men of the Ring of the Niebelung,”
May 18, 2010, 7 pm
444 N. Rexford Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210,
(310) 288-2220, www.bhpl.org
Brand
Library, Glendale Public Library
Free Talk: “A Look at the Ring Cycle, LA
Opera Style,” April 24, 2010, 2 pm
Free Talk: “The Men of the Ring of the Nibelung”
May 22, 2010, 2 pm
1601 Mountain St., Glendale, CA 91201, (818) 548-2051,
www.brandlibrary.org
Burbank Central Library
Free Talk: “Wagner vs. Tolkien: Who is the
Real Lord of the Rings?” May 10, 2010,
7 pm
110 Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA 91201, (818) 238-5600,
www.burbanklibrary.com
Claremont Public Library, County of Los Angeles
Public Library
Free Talk: “The Perfect Wagnerite: The Ring
a la George Bernard Shaw,” May 22, 2010,
2 pm
208 Harvard Ave., Claremont, CA 91711, (909) 621-4902,
www.colapublib.org/libs/claremont
Crowell Public Library
Free Talk: “The Men of the Ring of the Nibelung,”
May 16, 2010, 2 pm
1890 Huntington Dr., San Marino, CA 91108, (626) 300-0777,
www.sanmarinopl.org
La Verne Library, County of Los Angeles Public
Library
Free Talk: “Wagner vs. Tolkien: Who is the
Real Lord of the Rings?” April 20, 2010,
6:30 pm
3640 D St., La Verne, CA 91750, (909) 596-1934, www.colapublib.org/libs/laverne
Oxnard Public Library
Free Talk: “The Perfect Wagnerite: The Ring
a la George Bernard Shaw,” May 29, 2010,
2:30 pm
251 South A St., Oxnard, CA 93030, (805) 240-7344, www.oxnard.org
Pasadena Central Library
Free Talk: “The Perfect Wagnerite: The Ring
a la George Bernard Shaw,” May 6, 2010,
7 pm
285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, CA 91101, (626) 744-4066,
www.cityofpasadena.net/library
Porter Ranch Branch Library, Los Angeles Public
Library
Free Talk: “A Look at the Ring Cycle, LA
Opera Style,” April 13, 2010, 6:30 pm
11371 Tampa Ave., Porter Ranch, CA 91326, (818) 360-5706,
www.lapl.org
Platt Branch Library, Los Angeles Public Library
Free Talk: “The Men of the Ring of the Nibelung,”
May 12, 2010, 6:45 pm
23600 Victory Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA 91367, (818) 340-9386,
www.lapl.org
Redondo Beach Public Library
Free Talk: “Wagner vs. Tolkien: Who is the
Real Lord of the Rings?” May 11, 2010,
7 pm
303 N. Pacifi c Coast Hwy., Redondo Beach, CA 90277, (310)
318-0675,
www.redondo.org/library
Santa Monica Public Library
Free Talk: “The Perfect Wagnerite: The Ring
a la George Bernard Shaw,” May 20, 2010,
7 pm
601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90402, (310)
458-8660, www.smpl.org
UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA (UCLA), DEPARTMENT OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
“Saving Wagner: A Communist Perspective,”
May 28, 2010, 2 pm
Two
prominent continental philosophers Alain Badiou and Slavoj
Žižek discuss Wagner’s revolutionary ideas
(both musical and political) and their place in contemporary
discussions of the relationship between art and politics.
Schoenberg Hall, UCLA, Le Conte Ave. and Westwood Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90024, www.soundandsignifier.com
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:
BRAINS AND CREATIVITY INSTITUTE /REDCAT (ROY AND EDNA DISNEY/CALARTS
THEATER)
“Myth, Wagner and the Human Brain,”
May 30, 2010, 3–5 pm
A colloquium, featuring acclaimed theater and opera director
Peter Sellars, world-renowned visual artist Bill Viola, and
Antonio
Damasio, internationally-renowned neurologist and neuroscientist
as well as Director of the USC Brain and Creativity Institute.
For information about the USC Brain and Creativity Institute:
www.usc.edu/bci
or (213) 740-3462.
Tickets: $10, www.redcat.org,
(213) 237-2800.
REDCAT, 631 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
ECLECTICA
CALIFORNIA
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM (CAAM)
Target Sundays at CAAM, May 2, 2010, 1
pm (Museum opens at 11 am)
This once-a-month fun, family-friendly Sunday cultural experience
celebrates the diverse influences and achievements of art
and culture from the African American Diaspora. CAAM Target
Sundays will present selections from Richard Wagner’s
monumental work, Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Info: www.caam.ca.gov/pp.htm
or (213) 744-7432
600 State Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90037
UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (USC)– MAX KADE INSTITUTE FOR
AUSTRIAN-GERMAN-SWISS STUDIES
Music, Stage Reading and Panel Discussion,
May 9, 2010, 3 pm & May 17, 2010, 7:30 pm
Christina Linhardt, soprano, and yulia Levin, piano, perform
Wotan’s Ring Parable, with text by Cornelius Schnauber
and music by Tom Schnauber. Eric Braeden reads Die Nibelungen
Saga, Richard Wagner’s original story of his Ring
tetralogy. Professor Michael Meyer lectures on “Inventing
Germany: Wagner and the National Imagination,” and
Professor Cornelius Schnauber speaks on “How Anti-Semitic
was Richard Wagner?” Ms. Levin closes performing “Fasolt
and Fafner Paint the Town,” a Ring rhapsody for two
Wagner tuben and piano by Tom Schnauber. Presented in collaboration
with the German-American Cultural Society.
Info: http://college.usc.edu/max-kade/home/index.cfm
RSVP: (213) 743-2707.
2714 S. Hoover St., Los Angeles, CA 90007
FRIENDS
OF THE OBSERVATORY
Cosmic Conjunction 2010: Diamond Nights * Northern Lights,
May 15, 2010
Celebrate Griffith Observatory’s 75th diamond birthday
at the world premiere of Light of the Valkyries, a dazzling
planetarium show developed for Ring Festival LA and featuring
live celebrity performers. See Griffi th Observatory wrapped
in shimmering veils of colored northern lights as you walk
down a red carpet.
Please call (213) 473-0807 or visit www.friendsoftheobservatory.org
Griffi th Observatory, 2800 E. Observatory Rd., Los Angeles,
CA 90027
SANTA
MONICA MUSEUM OF ART (SMMOA)
Ring: Works from SMMoA’s Park Studio project,
May 15–August 21, 2010, Tues.–Sat. 11 am–6
pm
Santa Monica Museum of Art presents Ring an exhibition featuring
work completed during the museum’s signature outreach
program
for teens entitled Park Studio. Students worked with artist
Gordon Bowen and his Arts ReFoundry Atelier to create sculptures
in
bronze inspired by themes from Wagner’s Der Ring des
Nibelungen.
Info: www.smmoa.org
or (310) 586-6488.
Bergamot Station, G1, 2525 Michigan Ave.,
Santa Monica, CA 90404
GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY
Planetarium Exhibit: Light of the Valkyries, May
18–September 5, 2010, Tues.–Fri. 12–10 pm;
Sat.-Sun. 10 am–10 pm
Viking myth and modern astrophysics converge in the Samuel
Oschin Planetarium for a celebration of the northern lights
orchestrated to the music of Wagner’s Ring cycle. This
exciting and unprecedented new live planetarium show will
be performed daily.
Info: www.griffi
thobservatory.org or (213) 473-0800.
Admission: $7, Seniors/Students & FOTO Members $5,
Children (ages 5-12) $3.
2800 E. Observatory Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90027
DESCANSO
GARDENS
Trees
of Norse Myth, May 27–June 30, 2010, 9 am–5
pm
Descanso Gardens will feature the Trees of Norse Myth—a
gardens exploration of the tales and tree specimens figuring
in the original Norse myths which inspired Wagner’s
Ring cycle. The map for this exploration, in the form of
a self-guided tour, will be
available for free download beginning May 27, 2010.
Info: www.descansogardens.org
or (818) 952-4391
Admission: $8, Senior/Students $6, Children (5–12
years) $3,
Guild Members and Children under 5 free.
1418 Descanso Dr., La Cañada-Flintridge, CA 91011
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